UK MP Sir David Amess dies after getting stabbed at constituency meeting

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Sir David Amess: Conservative MP stabbed to death

A 25-year-old man, said by a government source to be a British national, has been arrested on suspicion of murder.
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Sir David Amess: Conservative MP stabbed to death​


Sir David Amess



Conservative MP Sir David Amess has died after being stabbed multiple times at his constituency surgery in Essex.
Police said a 25-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder after the attack at a church in Leigh-on-Sea.

They recovered a knife and are not looking for anyone else in connection with the incident. A counter terrorism team will lead the investigation.
Boris Johnson has spoken of his shock and sadness at the loss of "one of the kindest" people in politics.

Home Secretary Priti Patel has asked all police forces to review security arrangements for MPs "with immediate effect", a Home Office spokesman said.
Sir David, 69, had been an MP since 1983 and was married with five children. He is the second serving MP to be killed in the past five years, following the murder of Labour MP Jo Cox in 2016.

She was killed outside a library in Birstall, West Yorkshire, where she was due to hold a constituency surgery.

The investigation into the attack will be led by the Metropolitan Police's specialist Counter Terrorism Command, who will determine whether it was a terrorist incident.
The prime minister said Sir David had an "outstanding record of passing laws to help the most vulnerable".

"David was a man who believed passionately in this country and in its future. We've lost today a fine public servant and a much-loved friend and colleague," said Mr Johnson.

Media caption, Boris Johnson said Sir David Amess was one of the "kindest, nicest, most gentle people in politics" Ms Patel said the killing "represents a senseless attack on democracy itself", adding that "questions are rightly being asked about the safety of our country's elected representatives".

Speaker of the House of Commons Sir Lindsay Hoyle, who spoke to the home secretary on Friday, also said MPs' security would have to be examined. He said Sir David's death would "send shockwaves across the parliamentary community and the whole country".

Sir David, who represented Southend West, was holding a constituency surgery - where voters can meet their MP and discuss concerns - at Belfairs Methodist Church in Eastwood Road North.

Essex Police Chief Constable Ben-Julian Harrington said they received reports of a stabbing shortly after 12:05 BST and within minutes, officers found Sir David with multiple injuries.
Police and paramedics "worked extremely hard" to save him but he died at the scene, Mr Harrington said.

Armed police at Sir David Amess stabbing scene
Image source, Anthony Fitch
Image caption, Armed police were seen outside the church where Sir David met consituents
Map showing the location of the killing of Sir David Amess

Police have appealed for anyone who saw the attack, or who has footage from CCTV, dash cams or video doorbell to contact them.
Southend councillor John Lamb told the BBC that Sir David moved his surgeries to different locations around the constituency "to meet the people" and said the attack was "absolutely dreadful".
"We've lost a very good, hard working constituency MP who worked for everyone," he said.
 
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GemState

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bidenkulaha said:
We have an integration problem. Somalis in the U.K. live in their own parallel universe. Their own height streets, their own mosques, their own Somali dominated schools, their Somali friends etc.

The last government that even dared to do anything about this was the Tony Blair government with their attempt at forced integration and ASBOs. We have single mothers raising kids because the dads are all failures. Which is why we account for so many gang killings.

Things since however have gotten worse. I suspect there’s many of these people lurking and now seeing how easy it is to kill an MP will be inspired. I despair.
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Mxstra

bidenkulaha said:
Why not lol. You really think a Somali lander who’s an extremist cares about a pro SL Bill?

Terrorists have no borders
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I dont think you understand sxb. I'm just saying it isnt likely. Especially since there are vocal somaliland conservative supporters. Its just a dynamic which isnt new.
 
Ozark

Ozark

Mxstra said:
I dont think you understand sxb. I'm just saying it isnt likely. Especially since there are vocal somaliland conservative supporters. Its just a dynamic which isnt new.
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So a potential lander terrorist would care more about Somaliland than his warped ideology? No wonder the lander leaders of al shabab never blow up their own towns. :ehh:
 
bidenkulaha

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Mxstra said:
I dont think you understand sxb. I'm just saying it isnt likely. Especially since there are vocal somaliland conservative supporters. Its just a dynamic which isnt new.
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bro this dude if he’s radicalised isn’t gonna be your average conservative. 90% of our community in the U.K. is conservative. They don’t go around killing MPs.

He’ll most likely be some ISIS fanatic who believes in a caliphate. He can be any Somali.

Also I find it hilarious you think anyone even knew this MP, let alone some pro-SL bill in parliament he supported.
 
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bidenkulaha said:
bro this dude if he’s radicalised isn’t gonna be your average conservative. 90% of our community in the U.K. is conservative. They don’t go around killing MPs.

He’ll most likely be some ISIS fanatic who believes in a caliphate. He can be any Somali.

Also I find it hilarious you think anyone even knew this MP, let alone some pro-SL bill in parliament.
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But why this politician? He seems middle of the road little influence guy.
 
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